Package



L. L. SALFISBERG.

PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. 1919.

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vpi'ovement in packages,

UNITED S'l ATES "PATENT omca;-,

D LAWARE r To all whom it my'comem:

Be it known that I, LEROY L.. SAIJISBERG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented anImprovement in Packages, of which the following is invention relates to an immore particularly of 'the kind adapted to contain products readily segregated as units, such as medicinal preparations or other chemical or edible articles in tablet or similar form, hardware,-buttons and various other relatively small articles. The present invention also constitutes in part an improvement over the invention de-' scribedand claimed in cations 10f Charles H. Macdonald, Serial No. 302-,5l8, filed June 7 1919.

The present Oneqof the principal objects of this inp0 vention is to provide a package which will afford an effective covering for articles of the character referred to and others, not only to protect such articles from dust, dirt and the like, but also, where the articles are soluble, to exclude moisture from contact therewith so that the may be transported or carried in stock wit out deterioration.

A further object of the invention is to provide a package of bloc form in which the parts may co-op to to render more effective the sealing of he articles in the package and the protection of said articles from dust and moisture. The invention also, so far as it relates to a process or method, is intended p V -the entire surface or over portions .of the to provide a sequence of operations in accordance with which a suitable package of the character described may readily be formed.

One form of package embodying my invention is illustrated in the drawings accompanying the present specification, said drawing also serving to illustrate a typicalapplication of my improved method of maklng one form of, package embodying my invention. In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a web of material with spaced articles in osition thereon;

Figure 2, a plan view 0 the same or a similar web with the marginal portions folded to inclose articles and with the portions between the articles pressed into adhering contact, I A Figure 3, a modification of the form of package shown in Figure 2,

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Figures 4 and if), longitudinal and transverse vertical sections respectively of a porgion 3f the package illustrated in Figure an i v v Figures 6, 7 and 8 are views showing the strip illustrated in Figures 2 and '3 folded orIoent into bloc form.

n practicin the method formi a art of the present invention a strip ,1 gi flex ible material, preferably paper, having a coating of paraflin on at least one side, may be folded LEROY L. sanrrsnm'e, or NEWARK, new JERSEY, assranon, ,IBY 111mm Assmi'; I MEN-TS, T0 comrrmv, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, a oonromnon or Specification of Letters Patent. Pate t d A i s" 2 Application filed June 1o,-191a Serial No. sos,147. I I

longiti dinall to form a tubular container adapted to .mclose articles 2, the folding 1 being accomplishedin such a manner that the interior surface will be parafiined and themclosed articles arranged in spaced relation. 7

Pressure ma then be applied to-the tubular container be ween the spaced articles in such,

rtions 3. Qne convenient way to accomplish this scaling is to crimp the tubetransversely a suitable type of crimping being shown 1n Flgure 2 of the drawing, the operations thus far referred to bein set forth in said a plication of Charles Serial 0.

acdonald, 302,548 filed June 7, 1919. The

a manner as to form adhering or sealing,

article containing package thus formed" may then be folded or bent transversely in such a manner that article containing portions 4f f p will be' arranged contiguous .to crimped or empty portions 3 and in hinged'connection" 'therewlth, substantially as shown in 1 6. If desired, suitable means such as melted ackage, asshown in Figure 2, either over surface in'such a manner that when the porpa'rafiin may be applied to the exteriorof-the tions 4 are .folded or ,bent over into contact u l with the portions 3 portions will adhere, thusforming blocpvackages with adhesive material 7 interposed between the article containing portions and the empty portions or between different article containing portions in such manner as to effectively retain the parts in the de-, sired relation.

In sursuin scribe a p spaced articles are inclosed in a container having adhering or interlocking portions 3, .formed either by crimping or otherwise pressing timate adhering contact, between each two adjacent articl Where a package of such construction is folded or bent transversely the method hereinabove do oi with each other,.saidage may be produced in w 'ch opposed interior portionsjinto in- I each other, the arts thus arranged may co t operate to retani the folded or bent over portions 6'of the web 1 in effective artlcle so that articles containing portions lie con 'tiguous to empty portions, or contiguous to -protecting position. This". result is --more the empty portions 3 or to each other when the strip or unfolded ackage is folded bent or deflected upon itse f transversely in the manner described thus forming a multiple compartment package self sustaining and of solid compact appearance.

In using packages embodying my inven tion, or made in accordance with the method hereinabove set forth, the consumer may detach a single article simply'by' tearing the material adjacent to said article, and wlthout exposing thearticle next in succession.

I tions arranged in adhering contact ,with' The bloc form of package for many articles presents advantages in use over packages heretofore commonlyused and over the strip form shown in the previous applications 7 above referred to; 'These advantages relate not -on.ly}- to the additional protection from dust and moisture already also to practical considerat1ons, such ascompactness and durability, both of which are' desirable 'ualities in packagesintended for shipment y ordinary transportation facili- 17188,

I claim as my invention:

material adapted to form a container and spaced articles enclosed therein, said container being folded transversely to form a bloc package having article containing porportions containing noarticles.

2. A package comprising a web of flexible material adapted to form a container and folded to. form a'bloc package having artimentioned', but

i 1. A package comprising a web'of flexible Lugosi r clelcdntaining portions arranged contiguous to portions containing no articles, and'means fo'r'securing said portions in said contiguous relation.

3. The method of packaging articles which includes enclosing said articles in spaced recompletely attained where an application of;- material in adhesivecondition, as paraflin, is made to the exterior surface whereby the article containing portions" 4 mayadhere to' lationin a longitudinally folded strip of packaging material, applying a coating of material 1n adhesive condition to said strip, and folding the article containing portions into adherlng contact with adjacent empty. portions of the strip. 6 {1. The method of packaging articles which includes enclosing said articles in spaced relation in a longitudinally folded strip of packaging material, applying paraffin in adhesive condition to said strip and folding 35 the article containing portions into adhering contact with adjacent emptyportions ofthe stri 5. The method of packaging articles which includes enclosing the articles in spaced relatifon within a'longitudinally folded strip of material having a coating of paraflin on the article engaging side, pressing opposed interior coated surfaces of the strip into adhering contact between said spaced articles and folding the article containing portions of the folded strip into contact with adjacent empty portions of said strip to self supporting bloc package. 7

6. A package comprising an article carnor in strip form having article enclosing compartments alternating with compartment spacing and connecting portions, said carrier being bent transversely at intervals to form hinge connections between contiguous carrier sections, said sections having adhesive means located between them for effectively retaining the-sections together to form a solid self sustaining package. spaced articles enclosed thereln, sald con- In testimony whereof, I have 1 ed my name to this specification this 3r day of June, 1919.

LEROY L. SALFISBERG. 

